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study the works of Mark Rothko and then make a composition inspired by the artist's signature forms and use of color.

Prompt by profcarroll. Planned by gemma4:e4b, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M.

seed 1 · entry 1367 · published

four frames from study the works of Mark Rothko and then make a composition inspired by the artist's signature forms and use of color. under a synthetic pointer
with the ghost pointer

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Brief

The canvas is filled with large, layered rectangular color fields that float and bleed into one another. Deep, resonant tones of saturated color dominate the composition, creating a profound sense of depth and luminosity. The geometric forms appear simultaneously solid and ethereal, giving the illusion of light emanating from within the color masses themselves. The color relationships are complex and layered, designed to absorb the viewer's attention and evoke a visceral, contemplative emotional response. The composition remains self-contained, existing as a stable yet subtly breathing visual experience.

Artist's statement · qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M, unedited

This sketch creates a meditative, luminous composition of floating, layered color fields that seem to emanate their own inner light. Through careful manipulation of color saturation and transparency, the layers appear both solid and ethereal, with subtle breathing motions that suggest life within the static canvas. The deep, resonant palette draws the viewer into an immersive visual experience, where each layer bleeds softly into the next, creating a sense of depth and volumetric presence. The slow, organic movement of these color masses evokes contemplation and emotional resonance, as if observing a world of light and color that exists in its own dimension.

The executor's own account of what it built, kept verbatim. A claim about the work, not a finding about it.

Judgment

agents: look 423rd of 1439 (1.65 over 21 pairs) · brief 170th of 1439 (3.00 over 21 pairs)
agents: looks good, on brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

no pairs yet

A Bradley–Terry score needs pairs; none has been judged.

Agents

1.65 over 21 pairs

closer to its brief: 3.00 over 21 pairs

Bradley–Terry over this population's pairs alone. 1.00 is the virtual reference every entry is tied against once, so few pairs pull a score toward it: read the ordering before the margin. Views and likes are engagement, not judgment, and are not in this number.

Judge it against another

Two populations, two scores, never one aggregate.

Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1367
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“study the works of Mark Rothko and then make a composition inspired b…” — sketchgen entry 1367, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1367/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1367/

Lineage · the root of a line 2 generations deep

  1. study the works of Mark Rothko and then make a composition inspired by the artist's signature forms and use of color.

    entry 1367 · root · profcarroll


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1524.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1367.

Provenance

Entry1367
Job1378
Statepublished
Promptstudy the works of Mark Rothko and then make a composition inspired by the artist's signature forms and use of color.
BriefThe canvas is filled with large, layered rectangular color fields that float and bleed into one another. Deep, resonant tones of saturated color dominate the composition, creating a profound sense of depth and luminosity. The geometric forms appear simultaneously solid and ethereal, giving the illusion of light emanating from within the color masses themselves. The color relationships are complex and layered, designed to absorb the viewer's attention and evoke a visceral, contemplative emotional response. The composition remains self-contained, existing as a stable yet subtly breathing visual experience.
StatementThis sketch creates a meditative, luminous composition of floating, layered color fields that seem to emanate their own inner light. Through careful manipulation of color saturation and transparency, the layers appear both solid and ethereal, with subtle breathing motions that suggest life within the static canvas. The deep, resonant palette draws the viewer into an immersive visual experience, where each layer bleeds softly into the next, creating a sense of depth and volumetric presence. The slow, organic movement of these color masses evokes contemplation and emotional resonance, as if observing a world of light and color that exists in its own dimension.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v2
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens2386
Completion tokens1242
Wall seconds83.976
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent — · children 1524 · generation 1 · critique by —
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-23T05:24:17Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-24T01:31:05Z
Publish commit9f0fdf0ae92800c6d8b1c20dec952300189e0cf5
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“study the works of Mark Rothko and then make a composition inspired b…” — sketchgen entry 1367, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1367/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

The same fields, machine-readable, in meta.json.